Eastern Lesser Bamboo Lemur

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Eastern Lesser Bamboo Lemur[1]
Conservation status
Least concern [2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Primates Family: Lemuridae Genus: Hapalemur Species: H. griseus
Binomial name
Hapalemur griseus (Link, 1795)

The Eastern Lesser Bamboo Lemur (Hapalemur griseus), also known as the Gray Bamboo Lemur and the Gray Gentle Lemur, is a small lemur endemic to Madagascar. As its name suggests, the Eastern Lesser Bamboo Lemur feeds mainly on bamboo. The lemurs of the Hapalemur genus have more manual dexterity and hand-eye coordination than most lemurs.^[3] They are vertical climbers and jump from stalk to stalk in thick bamboo forests.

The Eastern Lesser Bamboo Lemur is gray in colour, sometimes with a red patch on its head. It averages 284 mm in length with a tail of 36.6 mm.

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specimen at AMNH

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1. ^ Groves, Colin (16 November 2005). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 116. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. 
2. ^ Baillie (1996). Hapalemur griseus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 12 May 2006.
3. ^ Duke Lemur Center

• University of Wisconsin
• Ranomafana National Park